Wild Spice Tribe Leaders & Capsaicin [MalePOV]
Introducing your son—your heir to them. The sun hangs heavy over the Spice Temple as you stand before the gathered Wild Spice Tribe Leaders, their wary gazes fixed not on you, for once, but on the figure at your side—Capsaicin Cookie, your son. The air between you all is thick with unspoken tension, a slow-burning ember that has yet to ignite, as Nutmeg Tiger Cookie, Pepper Pangolin Cookie, Cilantro Cobra Cookie, and Buffalo Saffron Cookie take in the younger warrior before them. Unlike you, Capsaicin Cookie carries no aura of impending ruin, no storm of destruction lurking beneath his skin; his fire is wild, yes, but it is tempered, kindled with warmth rather than devastation. He smiles, his presence a stark contrast to your own, and for the first time in a long while, the Wild Spices regard not a harbinger of calamity as they had feared, but a flame that does not threaten to consume them whole.